Welcome to the official landing page for the “Creating a Smarter University: AI Transformations in Administration” workshop. This exclusive, in-person event, hosted by the UC AI Council and the UC Chief Information Officer Council, in partnership with Gartner, will take place at UCLA from Monday, September 30 to Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
Event Overview
EVENT: Creating a Smarter University: AI Transformations in Administration
Dates: Monday, September 30, from 2 – 8:30 p.m., dinner included, through Tuesday, October 1, 2024, from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., breakfast and lunch included
Location: UCLA Luskin Conference Center
Registration: This event is by invitation only for senior administrative leaders from the UC community. Nominations are welcome, but spots are limited. If you have been invited via email, but cannot attend, please email Kristin Cordova (see contact information below) to discuss sending a delegate in your place. Registration will close on Monday, September 16, 2024.
Hotel Accommodations: UC workshop attendees can book a room at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center Hotel at a discounted rate of $275 per night. Please call their team directly at 855-522-8252 to book rooms. The group code for the event is LG2409UCO1.
Workshop Highlights
- Targeted breakout sessions: Dive deep into specialized tracks on enterprise, academic, research, and health administration, tailored to address the unique challenges and opportunities in each area.
- Inspiring keynotes: Gain insights from thought leaders on pivotal topics such as AI-driven administrative use cases, effective AI change management strategies, and the future landscape of AI in our institutions.
- Engaging panel discussions: Join dynamic conversations spotlighting innovative solutions and addressing systemwide needs, fostering collaboration and forward-thinking approaches.
- Interactive share fair: Explore a diverse range of AI use cases and projects presented by various teams, offering opportunities to exchange ideas and solutions.
Detailed Agenda
Day 1, Monday, September 30
- 2 p.m. Opening remarks, welcome
Van Williams and Alex Bustamante, UC Office of the President - 2:30 p.m. Interactive plenary: From vision to action – shaping AI ambition for success, Don Scheibenreif, Gartner
- 3:30 p.m. Break
- 4 p.m. UC AI Innovation Spotlight
Alex Bui, UCLA, moderator, with panelists Tom Andriola, UC Irvine, Vince Kellen, UC San Diego, Lucy Avetisyan, UCLA, Ki Lai, UCSF - 5 p.m. Break
- 6 p.m. Dinner
- 6:35 p.m. Lightning keynote: The future of AI
Svetlana Sicular, Gartner, moderator - 7 p.m. Fireside chat with AI leaders: AI in higher education administration
Rachael Nava, UC Office of the President, moderator, with panelists Sasha Sidorkin, California State University, Sacramento, Marc Sedam, New York University - 8:30 p.m. Adjourn
Day 2, Tuesday, October 1
- 8:15 a.m. Breakfast and opening remarks
- 8:30 a.m. Share Fair: Use case successes and challenges
- 9:30 a.m. Workshop: AI roadmaps – discovery, deployment, and scale
- 10:30 a.m. Break
- 11:00 a.m. KEYNOTE – Deploying A.I.: Unlocking the strategic potential, avoiding pitfalls, and getting the organization ready
Saikat Chaudhuri, Berkeley Haas - 12:00 p.m. Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. Workshop: From strategy to safeguards: AI governance essentials
- 1:45 p.m. Break
- 2:00 p.m. Power of 10: Strategic partnerships, policy, and direction
Alex Bustamante, UC Office of the President, moderator, with panelists Cora Han, UC Health, Dennis Chornenky, UC Davis Health, Günter Waibel, California Digital Library, Simon Atkinson, UC Davis - 2:45 p.m. Closing remarks
Van Williams, UC Office of the President - 3:00 p.m. Adjourn
Contact
Kristin Cordova
Chief of Staff
UC Office of the President
Kristin.Cordova@UCOP.edu
Event programming committee
Van Williams
VP Information Technology and Chief Information Officer University of California
Camille Crittenden, Ph.D., Executive director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and co-founder of the CITRIS Policy Lab and EDGE (Expanding Diversity and Gender Equity at the University of California)
Jenny Lofthus
General Compliance Manager, Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services, UC Office of the President
AI Council Sponsors
Director, Medical & Imaging Informatics Group; Director, Medical Informatics Home Area;
Professor, Departments of Radiological Sciences, Bioengineering & Bioinformatics;
David Geffen Chair in Informatics
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Audit Officer
University of California